This is the fifth event in a six-part reading series, the annual Clarion West Summer of Science Fiction and Fantasy! Read the full list here to learn more. Important Parking Information: Please read this Town Hall information about parking and safe drop-off. They do not have their own parking lot at this time and you must plan...
Supported by the Susan C. Petrey Memorial Fellowship This is the final event in a six-part reading series, the annual Clarion West Summer of Science Fiction and Fantasy! Read the full list here to learn more. Annalee Newitz writes science fiction and nonfiction. They are the author of the book Four Lost Cities: A Secret History of the...
Join editor Sloane Leong (CW '22) and contributors Isha Karki (CW '19) and M. L. Krishnan (CW '19) for virtual readings and a discussion to celebrate the release of Death in the Mouth: Original Horror by People of Color. We will use Zoom to stream this event. Death in the Mouth is a collection of...
In-person in Seattle & TBD Online. Tickets on sale August 1st. Guest of Honor: Daniel Abraham, co-author of the Expanse series. Last year, we revealed ourselves with Clarion West Nerdlesque. This year, let us take you on a cruise across the expanse. Clarion West After Dark is a one-night getaway among the stars–both celestial and...
A Fantasy Romance Tea Party Meet authors L. Penelope and Melissa Marr as they discuss the fantasy romance genre, their own fantasy worlds, and what writing romance has taught them! Grab a steaming cup of tea provided by Friday Afternoon Tea and some delicious treats prepared by Arista Catering. No need to glamour your fairy...
Featuring Amber Flame, Nisi Shawl, and Anastacia-Renée As part of this year’s Seattle Reads honoring the life and work of Octavia Butler, we’re excited to partner with the Seattle Public Library and the Elliott Bay Book Company to host a conversation about Butler’s influence on LGBTQ+ writers. We’ll welcome authors and friends of the store Amber...
From Vonda N. McIntyre to Today: A Free Virtual Panel Four award-winning authors discuss the roots and future of feminist science fiction, with a special focus on Clarion West founder Vonda N. McIntyre and other major influences on the genre. About the Event Vonda N. McIntyre contributed extensively during her lifetime to the ongoing explosion...
Supported by the Leslie Howle Instructorship Usman T. Malik (CW ‘13) is the award-winning author of Midnight Doorways: Fables from Pakistan and has published stories in Al-Jazeera, WIRED, Center for Science and Imagination’s Us In Flux, New Voices of Fantasy and more than a dozen best of the year anthologies including The Best American Science Fiction & Fantasy...
Brenda Peynado is the award-winning author of The Rock Eaters. Her stories have won an O. Henry Prize, a Pushcart Prize, the Chicago Tribune’s Nelson Algren Award, and inclusion in The Best American Science Fiction and Fantasy. Her novella, Time’s Agent, is forthcoming from Tor.com in 2024. The Clarion West Summer Reading Series will be held in person...
This is a virtual event series featuring Black speculative fiction authors. Every Wednesday during the Write-a-thon, Sistah Scifi's Wine Down Wednesdays will be partnering with Clarion West to focus on Parable of the Sower, Octavia Butler's impact on writers, and positive futures.
Cadwell Turnbull (CW ‘16) is the award-winning author of The Lesson, No Gods, No Monsters, and We are the Crisis. His short fiction has appeared in The Verge, Lightspeed, Nightmare, Asimov’s Science Fiction, and several anthologies, including The Best American Science Fiction and Fantasy 2018 and The Year’s Best Science Fiction and Fantasy 2019. The Clarion West Summer Reading Series...
Supported by the Greg Bear Memorial Instructorship Sarah Pinsker is the award-winning author of A Song For A New Day, We Are Satellites, Sooner or Later Everything Falls Into the Sea, Lost Places, and over sixty works of short fiction. She is also a singer/songwriter with four albums on various indie labels. The Clarion West Summer Reading Series will be held...